Copy-holder for carriages of type-writers, &amp;c.



No. 748,047. PATENTED DEC. 29, 1903;

I. H. P. COLLEEN.

.GOPY HOLDER FOR GARBIAGES 0? TYPE WRITERS, 6w. AYILIGATION FILED PBB. 2. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented December 29, 1903.

.IVAR 1P. QOLLEEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE LOUIS ELLIOTT, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

COPY-HOLDER FOR CA RRiAGES OF TYPE-WRITERS, doc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent lilo. 748,047, dated. December 29, 1903.

Application filed February 2, 1903- Serial No. 141,552. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVAR H. P. COLLEEN, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders for Carriages of Type-\Vriters, 850.7; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being" bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in copy-holders which are especially adapted for attachment to the crossbar of a type-writer or mnsical'instrument; and it consists in the provision of a rack having clamping-jaws forattachment to the crossbar of the type-writer and the provision of a pivoted jaw adapted to hold the copy against the rack, suitable means being provided to hold the leaves of the copy fiat and at a convenient angle to a vertical position, so that the copy may be read without the necessity of the operator turning his or her head.

The invention will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims, and is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form part of this application, and in which drawings- Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved copy-holder shown as attached to the crossbar of a type-writer. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the copy-holder. Fig. 3 is a modified form showing the copy-holder as applied to a cornet. Fig. 4: is a rear view ofa portion of the copyholder.

The lower portion of this bar is slightly curved, as shown, and has an integral jaw G which is apertured, the walls of said apertures being threaded to recoiizethe threaded Fig. 5 is an edge view of the copy-holding plate, showing the serrations d. Reference now being bad to. the details of ends of the thumb-screw C The complemental jaw C, which is separate from the fixed jaw, is apex-lured for the threaded shank portions of said thumb-screws to pass through. Said thumb-screws are adapted to engage said threaded apertures in the jaw C and these thumb-screws have shoulders which are designed to contact with the outer face of said complemental jaw C as the screws are turned in, whereby the jaws O and C may be held in frictional contact with the barof the typewriter to securely hold the rack either in an upright or inclined position, accordingly as may be desired. Said supporting-bar O has laterally'projecting rods or strips of metal D fon one side thereof, and a plate .D is fastened to said bar in any suitable manner. One edge of said plate is recessed, as at D, and said rods D are bent at D up through said recesses and extend in a plane parallel to the plane of said plate, except that the upper longitudinal edge of each rod D extends slightly above the plane of said plate to pre vent a copy coming in contact with edge of the plate as it is slid in on the rods D toward the clamping edge of .the clip-catch. Integral with said bar C or plate D are the bracketarms D and intermediate said bracket-arms is a handle D A rod D is mounted in apertures in said arms, and a clip-catch D has arms secured to the ends of said rod. A coiled spring D is mounted upon the rod D and has a loop D bearing against a handle D integral with the catch D, the ends of the spring bearing against a rod D supported by the arms D. A jaw (E, into gral with the catch, has projecting from its ends copy-holding rods or strips of metal I), which cooperate with rods D to hold a copy fiat, while the jaw 01 holds the copy against the serrations (1'. One end of the lower rod to support the lower edge of the copy. Intermediate the two rods D is a finger D which is slightly curved,-as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, said finger projecting laterally from the plate D, with its upper edge projecting slightly above a plane parallel to the plane of the plate D and provided to cooperate with the rods D for the purpose of preventing acopybeipglheld by the holder D is bent, as at D, forming a bracket-arm from contacting with the edge of tlie plnte as with edge of the plate as it is slid in on said it is inserted under the jitwof the clip-catch.

Llt will be seen that the copy is held to the metallic plate D by the clamping edge (1 oi? the clip-catch D catching it near edge, and it is hold fiat between the rods 10 and D.

it will he observed that the brecket'erms D are of sn'llicient length so that the clamping edge d of clip-catch D ,\VlllCi1 holds a copy against face near edge of copy-holder, will open wide to allow a copy being easily placed between face of copy-holder and clantrpingrice (1 of the clip-catch I).

In Fig. 3 of the drawings 1 have shown a slightly-modified form of my copy-holder, in which the shank portion F is held in a socket F of a, cornet by means of an adjusting screw F In the modified form I have shown a. plate as having the usual clip-catch E and a handle E and instead of two rods projecting from the jaw l the clip-calicli I provide one rod E and a single red it, projecting from the plate D and cooperating with the rod E to hold the copy in place. At the edges of the plate D are two curved lingers E, which are ,provided to prevent it copy coming in Contact with the edge of the plate when adjusted in place upon the copy-holder.

From the foregoing it will he observed that by the provision of :t copy-holder embodying tlieconstruction illustrated in the drawings shock or other copy-may be held directly in front of the operator and not necessitating the turning of the head of the operator, as is commonly the case with holders which are it will be observed that this copy-holder (shown in Fig. 1) maybe readily attached to the crossbar of various makes of typo-Writers and is adopted to move with the carriage of it type- Writer machine. The angle at which the copy is disposed maybe regulated by tilting the copy-holder forward or backward, liolding the some at any desired angle, and by the provision of the clip-catch 2t copy or book is held'secnrely to the plate, while the arms 01' rods projecting from the jaw serve to hold the pages of the book or copy lint. I while l. have. shown n particular construction of device embodying the (lentils of my invention, it willlje understood tlmt l nnty make alterations in the details of the some without departing from the spirit of my invention'.

Having thus l'ully described my invention,

' Wliztt I claim as new, :inddosirc to secure by .l. Acojiylmlderforiypcovrilcrscomprising a plaice rod orslmnl; ortion soon red thereto, clamping members adopted to fasten said shank portion to tile crosslntr ol' the ca rrizlgo or other portion of tile frnniccf :t l. y )c-writcr, :1. clip-cntcli,copy-supper-ting i'UllS or strips ol metal projecting from said .lllitill,,1l!)il.l()ll,{tll(l having their upper loivgitmlinztl edges disin n plztnc slightly-above the plztue of said pinto ll prevent it copy coininu in contact.-

rode toward clamping edge of the clip-catch jaw, it spring-actuated clip-cg tcli adapted to hold copy on said plate,and extensions from the jaw of the clip-catch adapted to hold the copy flat upon the extensions of the plate, as setforth,

2. A copy-liolder comprising a, plate, serrzt- Lions upon one face of said plete,2tsupportingrod to which said plate is attached, jaws for attaching said plzttesupporting rod to the cross-bar of the carriage or other portion of the frame of a type-writer, rods or strips of metal projecting laterally from said plate, in tegral ears on the plote,ospring-actuated clipczt'tch pivoted to said ears, 2t jaw in tegrnl with said clip-catch and adapted. to cooperate with a serrated edge of said plate to hold the edge of e copy against the face near edge of said plate, and rods or strips of metal projecting from said jaw, and at locations over the rods projecting from cold plate, and adapted to hold the copy lint against the rods projecting lnlcrn lly from edge of plate, as set forth.

3. A copy-holder for 1 yoe-writerscomprising it plate Wlill serrations on one face thereof, it rod secured thereto and having (shunning-jaws adapted for attachment to the crossdmrol' the carriage or other portion of the frame of a, typowriter,integrnl ems projecting from said rod, it handle intermeriiclc said oztrs and integral with the rod or plate, it spring-actuated. clip-catch pivoted to the cars, a jaw integral with said clincatch and adapted to cooperate with serrations on the ace near edge of the plate to hold 2t book orcopy, rods projecting from said jaw, and litte -ail projections from said plate, as set forth.

ll A. c0py-lioldcr for typewriters comprising H, copy-holding plate, a rod or shank portion secured lll(l.'Qi-O,j:lWS for nliacliingsztid shank portion to the crossbar of t he carriage or other portion of the lrnnic of n typewriter,integral ears on Illillfl, 2t clip-cation pivotatlly mounted upon Sltlll curs, st jaw: integral with the clip- (:lttll'll, rods projccling from said lll.\'v',rtlld rods secured to llic slmnk portion of the copyholdcr and projecting: through recesses in the edge 0;" said pinto, as set forth.

5. A copy-holder for type-writerscomprising a pinto, a rod fastened thereto, one end of sztid rod being formed into ztn integral jaw, 2t movable jaw, and sot-screws for holding; said jaws in clamping relation against the cross-liar ol' the carringo or other portion of the frame of it type-writer, integral cars upon said rod forming the slntnkportion of the copy-holder, 2t 5})l'llli.,"-2l(5tllltl0ll clip-catch pivotzrlly mounted on said cars, it jaw iixtcgrltl with the clip-catch, itilil lUllri projecting from said jtW, and rolls extending laterally l'ronr the edge ol' sztirl pinto, as set forth.

i A C()l) '-ilillllil fortypo-Writers co|nprisingn pinto, n, Hllitllli poriion to which sztitl pletic is ztttzrclicll, one end of sztiil slntnl; por timnbcing l'ormml into nirintogrnl jnw, 21-

xnovztlilo jaw nnl'l slnniidcrcil screws for holdintermediate said ears,

'ing said jaws in clamping relation with the cross-bar of the carriage or other portion of the frame of a type-writer, integral ears upon said shank portion, a fixed handle intermediate said ears, a spring-actuated clip-catch, an integral jaw on the latter, rods projecting from said jaw, and laterally-extending rods secured to said shank portion and bent so as to p held in recesses in the edge of said plate, as set forth.

7.-A copy-ho1der for type-writers comprising a plate,'a shank portion to which said plate is secured, clamping means for holding the same to thecross-bar of the carriage or other portion of Info frame of a type-writer, parallel rods secured to said shank portion, and held in recesses in the edge of said plate, acurved finger projecting from one edge of said plate and intermediate said rods, integral ears upon said shank portion, a handle a springactuated clip-catch mounted upon said ears, a jaw integral with the clip-catch, and laterally-projecting rods secured to said jaw, asset forth,

8.; A copy-holder for'type-writers comprising aplate, a rod or shank portion secured thereto, and jaws for holding the same upon the cross-bar'of the carriage or other. portion of the frame of a type-writer, rods D secured signature in to said shank portion and extending through recesses D in the edge of the plate, the free end of one of said rods being bent at an angle forming a copy-support, a curved finger projecting from a plate intermediate said rods, ears integral with said shank portion,a fixed handle intermediate said cars, a clipcatch pivoted upon said ears, a spring carried by a rod upon which said catch is pivoted, an integral jaw on said clip-catc'.;, and rods projecting from said jaw, as set forth.

9; A copy-holderfor type-writers or other instruments comprising a plate, a shank portion to which said plate is connected, integral ears upon said shank portion, a fixed handle intermediate said ears, a clip-catch pivotally mounted upon said ears, a jaw integral with the clip-catch, a laterally-projecting rod upon said jaw, a rod extending laterally from one edge of the plate, anda plurality of curved fingers upon the edge of the plate projecting slightly beyond the front face of the plate, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my presence of two witnesses.

IVAR H. P. COLLEEN. Witnesses:

A. L. H UGH, FRANKLIN H. HoUeH. 

